Discussing proposals to develop a PBE Standard based on IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.

You can access the public agenda, meeting papers and register to attend the NZASB’s September Board meeting on the XRB website. We will upload the meeting papers to the website a week before the meeting.

Simple Format Reporting Standards

Not-for-profitPublic Sector

We have been busy working behind the scenes updating our simple format reporting accounting standards for Tiers 3 & 4. They now incorporate amendments contained in the 2018 Omnibus Tier 3 and Tier 4 PBE Accounting Requirements that become effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019, but you can apply them to earlier reporting, if you wish.

We have also moved the explanatory guides and the related reporting templates to the relevant standard page on our website. This will make it easier for entities to locate all the relevant documents for financial reporting in one place.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) has published for comment ED 66 Long-term Interests in Associates and JointVentures (Amendments to IPSAS 36) and Prepayment Features withNegative Compensation (Amendments to IPSAS 41).

This is to converge IPSAS requirements with IFRS amendments issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in October 2017.

ED 66 proposes to:

clarify that IPSAS 41, including its impairment requirements, applies to long-term interests in associates and joint ventures; and

amend the classification requirements in IPSAS 41 so that particular financial assets with prepayment features, that may result in reasonable negative compensation for the early termination of the contract, are eligible to be measured at amortised cost or at fair value through surplus or deficit.

The NZASB is making ED 66 available for comment as part of its usual process for notifying any international developments. The NZASB plans to address these amendments when it reconsiders the PBE Standards dealing with financial instruments. It is therefore not seeking separate feedback on ED 66.

If you wish to contribute your views, then you can write directly to the IPSASB at www.ifac.org. Submissions are due at the IPSASB by 22 October 2018. We would appreciate a copy for the NZASB.

Read our new XRB blog!

Last week we have launched our new website blog—the latest chapter in XRB's communications strategy. We aim to blog regularly about topical issues, future directions, with opinion pieces, insights and thinking about what's on our horizon.

Our first blog is a piece by XRB Chief Executive, Warren Allen, on the challenges for the XRB for the next five years, which given the uncertain environment he says is bordering on being game-changing.

The blog feature allows readers to comment. We invite you to share your thoughts and views on the issues raised by Warren. Let's make it a conversation!

Have your say...

Before issuing a finalised accounting standard the NZASB and international standard-setting boards, such as the IASB and IPSASB, issue consultation documents. These documents seek your feedback on proposals that could potentially affect you.

We are currently consulting on the matters set out in the tables below.

We welcome your comments and feedback, either formal or informal, by the due dates below. Tell us how these changes could affect your entity or the entities you work with.

Long‑term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures (Amendments to IPSAS 36) and Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation (Amendments to IPSAS 41)

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22 Oct 2018

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